Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)

(ghost) riders in the sky vaughn monroe peak billboard position # 1 in 1949 monroe may not have sung it precisely this way but a recording by him was not available so the words and music herein are taken from the sheet music as written by stan jones

An old cow polk went ridin' one dark and windy day Upon a ranch he rested as he went along his way When all at once a mighty herd of red eyed cows he saw A plowin' through the ragged sky and up the cloudy draw Yippee-i-yay Yippee-i-yo Ghost riders in